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Planning meaningful church events is often a daunting task, no matter the size of your church or the scope of the event. Limited budgets, a volunteer labor pool, ambiguous objectives, and unrealistic timeframes-all are challenges I try to avoid in my professional role as a meeting and event planner…

E. Stanley Jones, a 20th century Methodist missionary and theologian, impacts us with the strong message that we enter the Kingdom personally, but we live in it corporately. Salvation is individual. Christ calls each of us to a personal decision to make Him Lord of our lives. But from there, we…

Equatorial ocean regions of the world are noted for those occasional phenomena called the "doldrums." In such times the winds cease, the seas go flat, the air becomes oppressive, and sailing vessels come to a standstill. Without a breath of wind to catch in the sails, boats can be trapped for days…

"God don't let me make an impact on the world and lose my own family." This has been my constant prayer for 36 years of serving in missions, much of that overseas. I didn't have the privilege of growing up in a Christian home. Since I was the youngest of nine children, none of my siblings were at…

Merhan Karimi Nasseri lives in Paris. Well, sort of. Actually he lives in Terminal One of the Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Nasseri's story begins in Iran in 1977. Fresh from studying in England, he was expelled from Iran, without a passport, for protesting against the Shah. He bounced…

Curt Luthye, Work and Witness coordinator on the Caribbean Region, shares highlights of his work, and that of other volunteers. A graduate of Southern Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Seminary, Luthye has served in this capacity for nearly four years. Work and Witness, part of the…

Q: What would HT readers be surprised to learn about you? A: I was a high school physical education teacher for eight years before entering ministry. (I was 40 pounds lighter in those days.) Q: What is the best thing about your life? A: Seeing my family involved in the church. I am a first…

Every Christian wants to have a great church experience. But what we get out of our time in God's house depends to a great degree on what we put into it. So how can we get the most out of church? Avoid the 'Grass Is Always Greener Under the Other Steeple' Syndrome. Don't church hop. You'll…

I really miss my father, who passed away two years ago. He was a missionary who had a heart for all people. The first two words of the Lord's Prayer—"Our Father" (Matthew 6:9)—remind me of our Heavenly Father and also of my wonderful earthly father. In fact, in reading the Lord's Prayer lately, I…

On February 16, 2005, an internationally known author composed a note from his home high in the Colorado Rockies: "No more games. No more bombs. No more walking. No more fun. No more swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring . . . No fun—for anybody. 67. You…